Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
July 31, 2 0 0 8
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Jeff Merkley brings campaign to Warm Springs
B y L e s lie M itts
Spilyay Tymoo
O re g o n Rep. J e f f M erkley,
candidate fo r U.S. Senate, vis
ited W arm Springs last w eekend
as p a r t o f his 100 T ow ns fo r
C hange tour.
Merkley, w ho is Speaker o f the
O regon H ouse, visited the M u
seum at W arm Springs and spoke
to c o m m u n ity m e m b e rs a fte r
sp e n d in g tim e in M adras a n d
Culver.
M erkley said he has w orked
w ith the tribes fo r the p a st 10
years th ro u g h his inv o lv em en t
as a s ta te r e p re s e n ta tiv e a n d
H o u se Speaker.
I n M erkley’s opinion, the key
issues fo r O re g o n include en d
ing the w ar in Iraq, resto rin g the
integrity o f the U.S., creating af
fo rd a b le
and
a c c e s s ib le
healthcare, a n d ending the d e
p endence o f foreign oil a nd rec
reating the energy policy.
A s f o r th e w a r in I r a q ,
M erkley said, “I t’s only by hav
in g a sc h e d u le d p la n f o r o u r
w ith d raw al th a t w e create the
incentive fo r Iraq groups to step
u p an d fill th e vacuum and take
over public safety.”
“O therw ise they’d b e glad to
h a v e o u r so n s a n d d a u g h te rs
th ere fo r a lo n g tim e,” M erkley
added. “ Its just an in ap p ro p ri
ate place fo r us to b e a n d we
n eed to en d it.”
M e rk ley sa id h e a n d Sen.
G o r d o n S m ith d iffe r w h e n it
com es to opinions o n the energy
crisis a n d d ep en d en cy o n fo r
eign oil: M erkley favors ending
th e d ependency o n foreign oil
and an advocacy fo r an energy
policy th a t w ould serve people.
M erkley favors getting rid o f
the N o C hild L eft B ehind A ct,
a n d said h e ’s sp o k e n to m any
teach ers in O re g o n w h o have
told him o f its downfalls.
“ L e t ’s d o w h a t w o r k s to
s t r e n g th e n
o u r s c h o o ls ,”
M erkley said. “ L et’s n o t try to
u n d e rm in e th em as Sm ith and
B ush have.”
W hile M erkley e x p ressed a
resp ect fo r th e self-governance
o f tribal organizations, he said
he rem ains neutral o n the issue
o f the C o nfederated T ribes o f
W arm S prings’ p ro p o se d casino
a t C ascade Locks.
“I ’ve been neutral on that is
sue,” Merkley explained. “I think
that there are pros and cons, and
I have a neutral position o n it.”
H ealth care is one issue th at
M erkley b elieves is incred ib ly
im p o rta n t— because the system
is tied to em ploym ent, it creates
an unsteady situation fo r m any
families.
I n f ^ c t, M e rk le y sa id ,
“ H ealth care nearly k ep t m e o u t
o f this race for U.S. Senate.”
In o rd e r to run, h e explained,
his wife began w orking part-tim e
and lo st h e r health care benefits.
W hile his family is currently cov
e re d th ro u g h his h e a lth plan,
M erkley said, they will lose those
benefits in January.
“T h is is th e type o f chaos,
th a t I k now personally from m y
life, th a t all families, all ordinary
families are experiencing in this
state,” M erkley said.
‘W e need to invest in our clin
ics, w e n eed to invest in p re v en
tio n , w e n e ed to in v est in fee
o u r veterans.”
M erkley is an a d v o cate fo r
veteran’s benefits, and he added,
“ I have e n o rm o u s re sp e c t fo r
the w o rk th a t they do.”
M erkley a lso sp o k e o f his
d e sire fo r ru ra l d e v e lo p m e n t
w ith the G ro w O re g o n plan.
T h e plan aims to strengthen
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m anagem ent so th a t people can
have a m uch healthier, happier
life.”
M erkley a lso sp o k e o f th e
S ocial S ecurity a n d M ed icare
crisis, as w ell as th e issu e o f
veteran’s benefits.
W h en it com es to v eteran’s
b e n e fits , M e rk ley said, “ T h e
B ush A dm inistration and Sena
to r Sm ith g o t it absolutely wrong.
T hey w ere fast to go to w ar and
they w ere slow to take care o f
Record return of sockeye salmon
(AP) — Sockeye salm on are
heading back u p th e C olum bia
River this sum m er in num bers
unseen since 1955, and no b o d y
is sure why.
Som e credit a federal c o u rt
o rd er releasing extra w ater over
dam s in 2006 and 2007 to ease
the young salm ons' passage to
th e sea. O th e rs cite im p ro v e d
ocean conditions.
B u t th e re tu rn in g n u m b ers
exceed any year since th e last
m a jo r d a m w as b u ilt o n th e
C olum bia o r Snake rivers. Sock
eye w ere close to being w ritten
o ff in pa rts o f th e N o rth w est's
largest river system.
F ish counters have reco rd ed
th e r e tu r n o f n e arly 2 1 5 ,0 0 0
sockeye, o r red, salm on th ro u g h
Tuesday.
M o st are head ed up riv er to
W a s h in g to n 's W en a tc h e e a n d
O so y o o s lakes. A few o th ers,
rep resen tin g th e river system 's
m o st endangered run, are going
to L ow er G ranite D a m o n the
Snake River. T h a t ru n is nearly
com plete. T h e co u n t o f re tu rn
in g a d u lt sockeye h e a d e d fo r
L o w e r G r a n i te t o p p e d 800
th ro u g h Tuesday.
I t is th e largest sockeye re-
rural economies and addresses the
infrastructure o f small towns.
“ In o rd e r to hav e th riv in g
small tow ns w e need to have a
strong education system, we need
to have affordable healthcare, w e
need to invest in transportation,
w e n eed to invest in w ater re
sources for agriculture and w e
need to address com m unication
needs,” Merkley said.
T h e plan w ould also provide
tax in ce n tiv e s fo r sm all b u si
nesses and help to crack dow n
o n th e m e th e p id e m ic t h a t
strains rural econom ies, am ong
m uch m ore.
W h en it com es to the m eth
a m p h e tam in e p ro b le m in O r
egon, M erkley said, he has ad
vocated m aking the ingredients
used in cold m edicine to m ake
m etham phetam ines available by
prescription only.
In addition, he said, he sup
p o rts m aking m o re funds avail
able to prosecute m eth crimes.
W h ile th e p e n a ltie s fo r su c h
crim es are already significant, he
said, m o re resources are needed
in o rd e r to p rosecute them .
O n e o f his favorite cam paign
experiences thus far involved a
parade o n the O reg o n coast.
B ecause th e p arad e m o v ed
quickly, M erkley said, he h a d to
ru n to keep u p in betw een chat
ting w ith spectators.
“I t’s the first tim e I ’ve g o tte n
e x e r c is e in a b o u t a y e a r,”
M erkley said w ith a chuckle. “I t
was just a p u re joy. I ’m th in k
ing I ’d be in m uch b e tte r condi
tio n if I h a d to b e in a parade
every single day.”
In th e end, M erkley said, it
is im p o rta n t to him to take the
v ie w p o in ts o f all O re g o n ia n s
in to consideration.
“ I w a n t to b e th e ty p e o f
senator w h o cares w hat people
a re th in k in g in o u r to w n s ,”
M erkley explained.
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ite since it w as b uilt in 1975, and
nearly 25 tim es the average re
tu rn o f th e last 10 years. T en
y e ars ago tw o so c k e y e cam e
back.
T h e Snake River sockeye was
th e first p o p u latio n to be listed
as endangered o n the C olum bia
system 17 years ago.
T h e large re tu rn follow s rela
tively g o o d re tu rn s o f sp rin g
c h in o o k to th e C olum bia and
g o o d early indications o n steel
head. T h e sockeye is the th ird
m o st c o m m o n species o f P a
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